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for the 2024–25 season. All tournament games were played at the

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, from March 5–9, 2025. Omaha clinched the Summit League's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, after both the Mavericks and St. Thomas both won their tournament semifinal games, since St. Thomas is ineligible for NCAA postseason play as a team transitioning from

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. The matchup between Omaha and St. Thomas in the Summit League championship marked the first ever appearance in a Division I conference tournament championship game for both teams. Omaha defeated St. Thomas in that matchup to secure their first ever Summit League championship.

Seeds

All nine conference teams participated in the tournament. Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tiebreaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The tiebreakers operated in the following order: # Head-to-head record # Record against the top-seeded team not involved in the tie, going down through the standings until the tie is broken Since St. Thomas was ineligible for the NCAA tournament, if they had won the Summit League tournament, the conference's automatic bid would have been awarded to Omaha as the highest seeded postseason-eligible team.

Schedule and results

Bracket

Source:

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team:

References

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Seeds

Schedule and results

Bracket

All-Tournament Team

See also

References